Rube Goldberg #1

For our Rube Goldberg, Ryan and I had to start with using the materials to make it. We used cardboard, 3d- printed items, a knife, mug, dominos, newspaper and a tape roll. We are going to do it at Ryan’s house. We are going to 3d print so we will use Tinkercad and have a lot of cardboard and ping pong balls.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech

I think Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech has been realized and not been realized. Here are some ways I say this.

I say this because if Martin Luther King Jr. hasn’t made that speech every black person would be treated unfairly still. But since he has said this speech now people are treated better but still a couple of black people are treated unfair.

These examples represent why Martin Luther King Jr.s speech is realized but at the same time not realized.

Should Cursive Be Taught in School

I don’t think schools should teach cursive because what is the point of it? Wow, you like cursive. SO. There is no use of it. I would not like cursive because there are more ways and cursive is not important. Like I said there is no use for cursive handwriting. It makes students sad and frustrated when they have to do it. Coping those letters over and over it’s just not fun.

Pokemon Go! My Feature Article

In class we made feature articles for a month. When I was making my feature article Pokemon Go the process was really fun and challenging.  This process was challenging because it was hard to organize and it took a long time.  I enjoyed the process on writing this feature article because I know a lot about the topic and it is interesting to me.

If you want to see my feature article click on the link below!

 

My Feature Article

Animal Cloning

I just read an article about animal cloning and I am going to tell you why I disagree with the cloning. I do not like animal cloning because when it clones the clone could have side effects which could affect their lives. One good thing about cloning is that the animal can have another life.

Rocketry Presentation

On December 5th we did our rocketry presentations. It was when we presented our slides from rocketry to our parents. Luckily we practiced with each other and my class. So when December 5th came I was shocked because it was the day we were going to present. I was so nervous and shy and mixed emotions that I can’t explain but at the same time I felt good. I was like at least we are doing it today. But I got nervous again when I heard that we were going FIRST. Then when we started to present my cheeks started to get red and before I knew it, it was my turn. But, it went well, and I was happy enough to do the other slides calm. And after it was done. I was happy we did it.

Overall, the presentation went well. I was a little nervous but I really liked it.

The Dakota Oil Pipe Line

The Dakota oil pipe line could be good but at the same time be bad. Here is one reason why it is good. It transfers oil from place to place quicker and better. The bad reason is that when the oil goes through the pipe line it ruins the environment and farmers in Iowa are also worried because, it can ruin there soil and take up their land. Another reason why it is bad is that the oil pipe line run’s through the native american’s property and it will ruin everything, they never even had a chance to agree or disagree.

Peter in Pax

In the book Pax there is a character named Peter. Peter is a non giving up person and willing to do whatever it takes to find Pax he’s pet fox. How it all started is when Peter’s dad had to go to war and they had to abandon Pax on the side of the road. Peter got so sad and angry he ran away from his grandpa’s house in the break of dawn. Once he get’s in his journey he breaks his ankle on someone’s property. The person’s property was Viola’s. At first Viola get’s mad at Peter asking what he was doing there. But when they get to know each other Viola start’s to get nice and partly funny. Viola was also a doctor in the war and fixed Peter’s ankle but it still needs some rest so Viola gives Peter crutches. Peter suddenly thinks of Pax and tries to go find him again but Viola told him that he needs to stay until his foot heals. This means that Peter is really desperate to find Pax.

Sphero

The Sphero was really fun to use. It is a little robot you program to make them move or talk ect. We programed the Sphero on iPads to make them move. When we got the Sphero’s I was like “Cool! Sphero’s.” Then after lunch a teacher walked in and said that she is going to teach us about the Sphero’s. When we got the iPads our teacher sent us into groups. I got Leo and Luc. We were so happy that we were together. Then after we logged into the app that we were supposed to program the Sphero’s we had to watch a video, it was an introduction. And then after the video we went to the meeting room to actually start programming them. Once we got to the meeting room me and my group just went into a spot and started programing it. After a bit of fun the teacher challenged us to program the robot to move in a strait line. That was hard because if you want to program the Sphero you need to know the speed the seconds it’s going to last the angle to turn and the aim so it go’s into a strait line. That part was really challenging but then the teacher made a harder challenge. In the meeting room there are squares on the ground. She said to make the robot go around the whole square. This was really hard because we had to make the robot stay in the lines going all the way around. With the programing me and my team knew this was going to be hard. We took multiple tries but we did it right when class stopped.

 

Overall this project was really fun but challenging.